Editor’s Note: This column is informed by recent reporting from Brad Kutner at Radio IQ and WVTF on proposed changes to Virginia’s food-to-alcohol sales ratio, as well as conversations with people connected to the restaurant and hospitality industry. Virginia’s liquor...
Fueled by a dubious flyer and a lack of information, an incident at GWARbar last month resulted in multiple arrests, as well as conflicting reports of what actually occurred. RVA Mag attempts to get to the bottom of this. The night of Thursday, August 20, tensions in Jackson Ward were high as the neighborhood anticipated a gathering at GWARbar,...
Organized by RVA26, monthly "Creative Protests" at Marcus-David Peters Circle have given creative voice to a community hungry for positive change, even as the space remains the focus for civil disobedience in Richmond. It’s a place where you can play a pick up game of basketball outside. It’s a place where a community garden grows, nurtured by...
In the wake of the General Assembly's decriminalization of marijuana, which took effect July 1, this law would, according to activists, help decrease the over-policing of Black and brown Virginians. The state Senate approved a bill Friday that would prohibit search and seizures based solely on the odor of marijuana. Activists say this is a small...
As VCU's fall semester began, they set aside 54 isolation units on campus, but two weeks in, there are already over 100 COVID-19 cases at the university. Now, with very little notice, three floors of the Honors College are being converted to isolation units as well. Virginia Commonwealth University will convert three floors of a building that...
In Farmville, at the immigrant detention center with the nation's worst COVID outbreak, company higher-ups lead a "double life," affecting good citizenship while monetizing the abuse of Virginia's most vulnerable. Since their relationship began in 2010, Edwin García Rogel had loved María Mayorquín's four children from a previous marriage as if...
On the 100th anniversary of women receiving the right to vote, women still remain unequal under United States law. That won't change until the Equal Rights Amendment is added to the Constitution, writes Rachel Scott Everett. On August 26, 1970, over 50,000 women marched nationwide in the Women’s Strike for Equality. The date marked the 50th...
At the end of three months of protest activity, the situation at Marcus-David Peters Circle has been unstable at times. However, despite police violence and racist threats, activists and community members continue to gather there. Since the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police officers sparked ongoing protests throughout the streets of...
A new program from Mayor Levar Stoney's office is helping ensure that Richmonders have access to masks protecting us all from the spread of COVID-19. Masks are now available for free at many locations around the city. As COVID-19 continues to spread across the country and governors issue statewide face-covering mandates, Mayor Stoney’s office and...
With continued political turbulence in Virginia and throughout the US, RVA Mag reached out to Virginia Senator Mark Warner to catch the vibe on police violence, tech threats, and our role on the world stage.
